Netanyahu Calls for Supporting Kurdish Independence

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced support for Kurdish statehood on Sunday, citing the Kurds' political stability in contrast to the sectarian break-up of Iraq.

"We should ... support he Kurdish aspiration for independence," he told a security conference in Tel Aviv. Kurds, he said, "are a fighting people that has proved its political commitment, political moderation, and deserves political independence".

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced support forKurdish statehood on Sunday, citing the Kurds' political stability in contrast to the sectarian break-up of Iraq. We should ... support he Kurdish aspiration for independence, he told a security conference in Tel...